Work & commute · Alfred

Work & commute in Alfred, NY

About one in 4 of Alfred’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Alfred (25%), Hornell (5%) and Wellsville (5%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

224 of 950 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 726 Alfred residents head out of town to work, 224 work right here, and 1,933 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alfred.

726live here, work elsewhere

224live and work here

1,933work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alfred goes to work

Alfred1.5 mi away

25%240

Hornell8.4 mi away

5%44

Wellsville11.7 mi away

5%43

Buffalo70.1 mi away

4%41

Amity11.1 mi away

3%33

Amherst71.8 mi away

3%27

New York227.7 mi away

2%22

Almond6 mi away

2%20

Hornellsville8 mi away

2%18

Cheektowaga66.3 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%448

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alfred commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

12%

45%

35%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alfred is a job hub

2.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alfred are

2,157 jobs are based in Alfred. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alfred’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alfred

2,157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Alfred residents hold

950 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+12%

Jobs based in Alfred, 2013 → 2023: 1,931 → 2,157. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.